Show TUB SUPREME COURT Chances in Contemplation Washington 27Justice Strong of the United States Supreme Court will retire from th bench before January irs and Justice Swayne intends to retire ai soon as Strongs successor shall have been confirmed by te Senate They are bth eligible retirement on full pay each being over 70 years of age and have served ton year They cannot both leave the bench at the same time without breaking tho constitutional quorum for the Supreme Court which is six of the ttal nine because Justices Clifford and Hunt are each physically if not also mentally unable to perform any judicial labor Although permanently disabled neither Clifford nor Hunt is yet willing to resign the first having long ago declared de-clared that he would not retire unless he could be succecdel by a democrat and Hunt being not yet eligible to retirement retire-ment with pav If they do not ictign or Justica Hunt is not provided for by a special act of Congifcs thre is considerable con-siderable probability that a law will be passed providing for the appointment of two additions members of the Supreme Court whose places shall not be filled untjl the total number is reduce again to nine This would give the court its full complement membership both before and after tho death or retirement of Clifford Clif-ford and Hunt It is practically certain that ex Senator Stanley Matthews will succeed Justice Swayne and it is for this reason that he has withdrawn from the contest for the Ecnatorship |